Character really matters
October 8, 2024
This column has been rolling around in my head for a couple of weeks. A bit of background: my husband, Jim, borrowed a book from the Woodstock Public Library. As […]
This column has been rolling around in my head for a couple of weeks. A bit of background: my husband, Jim, borrowed a book from the Woodstock Public Library. As […]
Thank you for voting. You did vote in the primary election, didn’t you – early, by mail, or in-person on March 19? Even if you didn’t have a lot of […]
Woodstock resident desireslocal posh upscale venues When I want to do anything I go elsewhere. While staring at the shuttered businesses along 47, I reminded myself we need more posh […]
Don’t be too concerned if you are confused about whether a solar farm is finally going to be built on about 7.4 acres of a 12-acre tract at the northwest […]
By Nancy Shevel, Guest Columnist Nancy Shevel, Guest Columnist “There is no such thing as something for nothing,” Napoleon Hill, the author of “Think and Grow Rich” famously advised. Then […]
Woodstock is a cultural hub – home to a plethora of festivals, fairs and art tours, an award-winning farmers market, venues, locally owned businesses, filming sites, family farms, and so […]
Woodstock city officials seem to have landed on their feet when they landed the Village Squire ownership group to operate the restaurant on the lower level of the newly renovated […]
“There is no state in this country where it is legal to kill a baby after it’s born.” – Linsey Davis, ABC News If you saw this quote and didn’t […]
A heavy focus of Woodstock’s annual Community Survey involved what Woodstock could do to keep residents better informed of things going on inside and with city government. One suggestion that was […]
You read our community’s weekly newspaper last week, and here you are reading it again this week. Welcome! So far this year, the teachers of 241 students – fifth-graders to […]
Larry Lough is editor of The Independent and reports local news.
Janet Dovidio has been a freelance correspondent for The Independent for eight years.
Susan W. Murray wrote for The Independent, covering various beats, from 2005 to 2008.
Tricia Carzoli is a freelance writer and photographer that on community news.